Bringing MacBook Core 2 Duo back to life

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MacBook fan was starting to sound like a mini jetplane taking off. The fan seemed to only have two speeds, 1000rpm and 6000rpm. Because of overheating problems, the computer would slow down and sometimes crash. I decided it was worth trying to replace the fan and clean out the heat sink.

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Repair went smoothly, thanks to the detailed iFixit guide! Only issue was that I was unable to remove the old fan without breaking the black felt tape. Replaced it with some electrical tape, and so far, no problems.

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Make sure you keep track of where each screw goes, because there are a lot of them. I laid them out in the order that I removed them. When it was time to reassemble my MacBook, I just worked backwards through the line of screws.